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Glossary
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| Cakes | ||
| Lots of small tubes bundled & fused together, sometimes looks like a cake - hence the name. Can contain almost any type of effect. The larger display sized ones are more usually called cases, but are still made the same way. | ||
| Crossette (also known as - splitting comet) | ||
| Starts as a single star then splits into (usually) 4 stars | ||
| Fuse | ||
| In simple terms - The bit you light. Comes in many types, some fast, some slow. Most are made using black powder (gunpowder) in one form or another. |
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| Maroons | ||
| Maroon, report or air bomb - they're all the same thing | ||
| Mines | ||
| Similar to a shell but explodes in the mortar to give an instant spray of stars / effects | ||
| Mortars | ||
| The tubes used to fire shells & mines. Can be made of cardboard, steel, plastic or fibreglass and come in the same range of sizes as shells | ||
| Rockets | ||
| A rocket motor fixed to a stabilising stick with a payload that can be similar to a small shell | ||
| Roman Candles | ||
| A single, long tube which fires multiple shots. Can fire anything from single stars to mini shells | ||
| Set Pieces | ||
| A framework of fireworks fixed to the ground. Can range from a simple shape created with fixed gerbs (fountains) or lancework (Good Night) through rotating wheels to the incredible contraptions, the Irdieden, that would put any Heath Robinson machine to shame. | ||
| Shells | ||
| Can range from 2" to 24" (& above if you are mad enough) Come as round or cylinder and can be single or multiple breaks | ||
| Stars | ||
| The burning bits that everyone watches as they go "ooh, aah" - come in many different colours & effects. | ||